# Dead writers - wish they weren't **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 22, 2003, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-writers-wish-they-werent/214681 "2003-11-22T14:48:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![lucky\_henry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc8723/32.png) [@lucky\_henry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lucky_henry)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2003, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-writers-wish-they-werent/214681/61 "2003-11-28T22:59:48Z")
James Michener ---
**Author:** ![SpaceGhost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@SpaceGhost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpaceGhost)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2003, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-writers-wish-they-werent/214681/62 "2003-11-29T22:45:11Z")
**Rod Serling** , He was only in his 50’s and just helped adapt the screenplay for Planet of the Apes. I can only imagine the wild and creative films he could have penned. He wrote great stories while being limited in time and subject as he wrote for TV. Twilight Zone and Night Gallery are great but I can’t help but think what stories he would have written if he wasn’t censored or limited to a half hour or hour show. Jimmy ---
**Author:** ![Iamb\_Fake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8c91f0/32.png) [@Iamb\_Fake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iamb_Fake)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-writers-wish-they-werent/214681/63 "2003-11-30T07:23:52Z")
Dick, of course. Chaucer… finish the Canterbury Tales. John Keats. ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2003, 8:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-writers-wish-they-werent/214681/64 "2003-11-30T08:25:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lissa \* > \*\*Jean Plaidy, author of many wonderful fictionalized biographies of British historical figures. > > I never enjoyed this genre until I started reading her books. I was a bit surprised to find out that she also wrote romances under the name Victoria Holt. \*\* I love Victoria Holt! I didn’ tknow she wrote biographies under a different name. Heh. I will check her other work out. And I second Lovecraft. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-writers-wish-they-werent/214681/65 "2003-12-01T13:19:34Z")
Forgot…John Bellairs. (Though Brad Strickland is doing a fine job carrying on with the Lewis Barnavelt books.) ---
**Author:** ![dsturm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@dsturm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dsturm)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2003, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-writers-wish-they-werent/214681/66 "2003-12-01T15:58:23Z")
Asimov. 500 books was not enough. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dead-writers-wish-they-werent/214681.md?page=3)